The Bender Mk2 - Germanium Fuzz kit

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The Bender Mk2 - Germanium Fuzz kit

Item number: 208

Category: Fuzz

Enclosure: + 9,90 €+ 9,90 €+ 6,50 €

starting from 25,50 €

Final price incl. VAT, plus shipping (mitttel)

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Shipping time: 3-7 Working days

Description

The Bender Mk2 is a wild germanium fuzz beast. Featuring 2 control knobs it is delivering a classic tonebender fuzz sound.

Like its ancestors it uses a positive ground, so you have to use a separate power supply or battery.

This kit contains all parts you need to build a fully functional effect pedal.

Not included in the kit, but also good to have:

Aluminium enclosure: select one on the top
9V battery or DC power supply
2 nice knobs for the pots, for 6.3mm shaft
Decal, transfer or transparent sheets for labeling

Instrument:	Guitar
Effect-Type:	Fuzz

Sounds

And here´s the Tonbender Mk2:

Build documents

Installation guide: Installation guide

Schematic and pcb: Schematic

Wiring layout: Wiring

Parts list (BOM): Parts list

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1 from 1 Customers found the following product review helpful

lot of fun

great sound, many old songs got the right patination, but such sustain can be useful even in non-sixties songs . I am really glad that I have decided to build this nice box myself (again after 35-years rest: to make soldering was like to view album with family photos :-)).
good job, Musikding.de!
Jiri B., 02.09.2016

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acid

really good kit for an acid fuzz, it works really good
Marco M., 27.08.2013

The Bender Mk2 - GF

The kit boosts some excellent quality components. Quality germanium transistors and a standard PCB. Parts are preciselly labelled and carefully packaged for the international shipping (definitely a 5 stars service!). Instructions are not included but it is possible to download them from the website for free. The eclosure (to be bought separately) is resistent and the kit fits perfectly. It can be advisable to buy separately some extra hex nuts for the potis and for the jack in/out for a more precise positioning of the components.Great kit for beginners! Experts can also attempt to add a bias controls and perhaps a pre-gain section for wider tonal combination.
Higly recommended!
Antonio S., 04.03.2014

Good pedal

Its a really good pedal but i dont like the sound its too much standard
Giacomo P., 17.11.2016

Nice and caracteristic sound, good project to start if youre a beginner.

This fuzz is wild, super caracteristic and somewhat gated sounding, for the price is a no brainer if you like wild fuzzes. The only downsides for some is that you dont have a lot of control on the amount of fuzz the pedal produces and you arent able to clean it very well with you guitar because of the lack of control and caracteristic gated sound of this pedal, but on the positive side, its super quiet and doesnt feedback.
I would have probably bought the fuzz factory clone if the description on this pedal had been more especific in terms of sound, just because you get crazier options with the factory for a gated fuzz.

Finally, I suggest you get a bigger enclosure then the 125b if youre going to use a 9v battery inside, because the enclosure doesnt have a lot of space and everything will be crowded.

All in all, its a great pedal! You just need to figure out if what Im describing is the sound youre looking for.
Bruno C., 12.09.2022

ça fuzz

Voila une fuzz qui fuzz ... presque trop quand on met à fond ! ya pas grand chose a souder, il resterait presque de la place dans le boitier pour mettre une autre :)
yohann l., 06.03.2023

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